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O.H.JAG0B APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FINISHING SUBSTANCES T0 COTTON FABRICS Patented June7,1898.

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CHARLES HENRI JACOB, or LYONS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FINISHING SUBSTANCES TO COTTON FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,434, dated June 7, 1898.

Application filed November 14, 1896. Serial No. 612,125. (No model.) Patented in France July 17, 1896, No. 258,123; in England October 22, 1896, N0. 23,499; in Italy October 22 1896, LXXXIV, 482; in Switzerland November 10, 1896,1T0.

13,813, and in Belgium December 5, 1896,1T0. 124,964.

To to whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEs-HENRI JACOB, manufacturer, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Lyons, in the Republic of France, have invented an Apparatus for Applying a Finishing Substance to Cotton Fabrics, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in France, No. 258,123; dated July 17, 1896; in Switzerland, No, 13,313, dated- N0- vember 10, 1896; i11 Belgium, No. 124,964, dated December. 5, 1896; in EngIand, No. 23,499, dated October22, 1896,'and inltaly, Vol. LXXXIV, N0.'.,4S2,' dated October 22, 1896,) of which thefollowing is a specifica tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. a

This invention relates to an improvedapparatus for applyinga dressing, of which hai thao or vegetable gelatine, also known as gelose, is theehief ingredient, to singlethread cotton. 1 I

The machine is represented in the accompanying drawings,"Figure 1 being an elevation of its left-hand portion; Fig. 1, a similar elevation of its right-hand portion; Fig. 2, a plan of its left-hand portion, and Fig. 2" a plan of its right-hand portion. I Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional-view; of part of the drier, showing the supports for the vthreads.

It consists of thefollow ing main parts: Its

frame is constructed intwo parts 13 B, connected on both sides by longitudinal side frames or cheeks F F. Thesesupport a heated drier S, within which the cotton yarn is to circulate and to bedried. The drier consists of two parts, one lower stationary part, connected at the bottom with'a'source of heat, and an upper portion in the shape of a removable cover l-I, adapted to be raised when requiredthat is to say, when it is necessary to tie the ends of broken threads while the machine is in operation-by means of balanced weights E, sliding along the dischargechute D. As shown in Figs. 1 and 1, this discharge chute or exhaust D-is also formed in two parts, which fit and are adapted to slide within each other, the upper stationary part being supported in any suitable manner,

while the lower part is joined on centrally to the movable top of the cover 1-1. It is necessary to adapt the two parts thus to slide (or H secondly, for the purpose of eifectin g the con stant admission and discharge by suction of the hot gases through the top partof the stationary chimney, and, lastly, upon the fixed ,portion of this drierS there is secured a plate I, having perforations formed all over its surface whiohserveto maintain" a constant heat and uniformly and without pressure to distribute the same over the whole" areaof the yarn passing through. i The cotton yarn, duringiits'passagethrough the said drier H S, is sustained by supports X X X secured .at predetermined distances apart and alternately upon'the plate land the bottom part of the movable cover H. 1 l T The supports or guides for the threads are constructed in the following manner: Upon the bottom of the lid H and the top of the perforated plate I are arranged cross-pieces m m, the object of'which is to insure the rigidity of the lid and of the plate, and to these cross-pieces areattached the supports 00 as w by means of bolts or rivets or in any other suitable manner. These supports carry at one of their extremities, mounted upon a spindle, a small cylinder or roller 19, upon which the thread passes. The object of these supports is to guide the threads and to prevent them from swaying about inside the drier. When the lid II is raised, the upper supports, fixed thereto, move with it and cease to bear upon the thread, while the lower sup ports remain constantly fixed. The threads may thus be joined in the event of their breaking.

The reeling-bobbins which contain the cotton yarn to be dressed are placed upon a movable frame C, mounted upon the left-hand portion B of the main supporting-frame of the machine. Adjacentto this frame 0 there is arranged a dressing trough or bath A',hav-

ing a double bottom between the two surfaces of which there passes a steam -pipe which serves to keep the dressing-bath constantly tepid. It is in this bath that the novel dressing, with hai-thao for its main constituent, is contained, and into it the cotton threads are made to dip, after which they leave it and are conducted through a series of guides a, whence they pass through a transverse row of drainersP,whereupon they enter the drier S, in which as they pass through they are dried. Upon completing their passage through the said drier, and being consequently sufficiently dried, they have in the last stage of operation to be simply Wound upon bobbins. The winding apparatus employed'in effecting this consists of a number of winding drums or rollers T,which by frictional contact set the receiving-bobbins R in rotary motion. Upon these bobbins each row of dressed and dried threads are wound evenly by means of thread-guides G, to which an ordinary reciprocating motion is imparted. The winding-drums T receive motion from the friction-pulley Z and feeding-plate Z.

Having thus described the construction of the machine, it now remains for me to state the manner in which the yarn is dressed.

The cotton yarn,whether dyed or bleached, or not, after having been wound upon the bobbins R passes into the bath or trough A, containing the finishing substance, there to be dressed,and thence issues through a species of draw-plate or guide a,Which serve to make the nap or pile closely adhere to the surfaces of the threads, and thereby to render these perfectly cylindrical. The yarn then passes onto the drainer P, in being conducted over which it is freed from any dressing it may carry with it in excess of what is required, the sizing being at the same time completed by the aid of gentle pressure. The next step is to convey the yarn into the drier through eyes arranged horizontally for the purpose. In traveling through this arrangement it is gradually dried, equidistant supports X, X, and X 'being provided throughout the length of the drier, and upon leaving the drier the threads are finally wound upon the bobbins R by means of guides G, adapted to perform a Variable or adjustable reciprocating motion.

While the finishing substance designed to be used in this apparatus is one in which hai-thao or gelose forms a principal ingredient, the apparatus described is of course susceptible of use with any preferred dressing com pound to be applied to single-thread cotton.

I may mention, in conclusion, that tepid dressing only should be applied to the threads,

which, in receiving such dressing, should be slightly moist.

Having described my invention, What I claim is 1. In an apparatus forsizing cotton thread,

the combination with a frame carrying at one end suitably-s11 pported bobbins of thread and sizing apparatus therefor, and at its other spool-winding mechanism, of a drier for the threads comprising a vessel having a heater therein, a cover removably secured to said drier a perforated plate arranged over the heater and beneath the cover, and threadguides arranged between said cover and plate, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for sizing cotton thread, the combination with a frame carrying at one end suitably-supported bobbins of thread and sizing apparatus therefor, and at its other spool-winding mechanism, of a drier for the threads comprising a vessel having a heater therein, a cover removably secured to said drier, a perforated plate arranged over the heater and beneath the cover, thread-guides arranged between said cover and plate, and means for supporting said threads in their passage through the drier, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for sizing cotton thread, the combination with a frame carrying at one end suitably-supported bobbins of thread and sizing apparatus therefor, and at its other spool-winding mechanism, of a drier for the threads comprising a vessel having a heater therein, a cover removably secured to said drier, a perforated plate arranged over the heater and beneath the cover, thread-guides arranged between said cover and plate and means for supporting and guiding said threads in their passage through the drier comprising wheels or rollers suitably supported on the inner surface of said cover and plate, the wheels carried by the cover being above, and those carried by the platebelow the plane of travel of the threads through the drier, substantially as described;

4:. In an apparatus for sizing cotton thread, the combination with a frame carrying at one end suitably-supported bobbins of thread and sizing apparatus therefor, and at its other spool-winding mechanism, of a drier for the threads, means for conducting the threads therethrough, a cover removably secured to said drier, and counterbalance mechanism connected with the cover for raising the same, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus for sizing cotton thread, the combination with a frame carrying at one end suitably-supported bobbins of thread and sizing apparatus therefor, and at its other spool-Winding mechanism, of a drier for the threads, means for conducting the threads therethrough, a cover removably secured to said drier, a telescoping escape-flue carried by the cover and counterbalance mechanism connected with the cover for raising the same,

thread is Wound, a sizing device, drainers for Winding the threads after they leave the drier, removing the surplus sizing after the threads substantially as described. IO leave said vessel, a drier, comprising a vessel In testimony whereof I have hereunto set having a heater therein, a cover removably my handthis 26th day of October, 1896.

secured to said drier, a perforated plate ar- CHARLES HENRI JACOB. ranged over the heater and beneath the cover, lVitnesses 1 thread-guides arranged between said cover XAVIER J ANICOT,

and plate, and spool-winding mechanism for JEAN GERMAIN. 

